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Chungbuk 80 grandmother who lives in a village in okcheon county okcheoneup receives medical care in the last 21 days the ears In the meantime, I lent money to a man in his 60s who said this.

Another old man living in the same village lent 20,000 won to a man in his 60s who approached him on the same day asking, "Old man, where do you live".

The method of impersonating Dong-seo Lee was the same.

The two old men learned that they had been scammed only after meeting the head of the village after returning home.

An official at the Okcheon-eup Administrative Welfare Center said, "In addition to the two elderly people, there are other elderly people who have suffered similar fraud."

Some older people have recently received scam calls saying they are selling COVID-19 treatment drugs.

The town administration and welfare center distributes therapeutic drugs, and it is said that you have to take the medicine for 10 months at 39,000 won per month.

The old man who received this call hung up, thinking it was a fraud, and reported it to the town administration welfare center.

Okcheon-eup mayor Kim Seong-jong said, "It seems to be engaging in fraud against elderly people with weak discernment."

(Photo = Courtesy of Okcheon-gun, Yonhap News)